X99 HPC installation 14: Graphics card

morreale Tuesday 01 of September, 2015
Installing the ASUS STRIX GTX 980 was easy but I forgot to plug the rear case fan cable into the motherboard. I could not hold the fan cable and plug the connector in because of the heatsink and video card blocked up too much area for my hand to fit. I removed the video card and plugged in the fan. The case fan is a three wire fan. The ASUS Rampage V Extreme (RVE) motherboard supports a total of eight four wire fans. The rear case fan is connected to CHA-FAN3A because the motherboard fan connector is located near the bottom left corner of the fan. Once the fan was connected, a plastic film was removed from the back of the graphics card and it was re-installed. Figure 1 shows the front side view of the ASUS STRIX GTX 980 graphics card with the CPU cooler behind it.

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Figure 1 Installed ASUS STRIX GTX 980 Graphics Card Front Side View

Figure 2 shows the top view of the ASUS STRIX GTX 980 graphics card and the CPU cooler. At this angle, the graphics card and CPU cooler look like they touch but they don’t.

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Figure 2 Installed ASUS STRIX GTX 980 Graphics Card Top View

Figure 3 shows the edge view of the ASUS STRIX GTX 980 graphics card and the CPU cooler.

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Figure 3 Installed ASUS STRIX GTX 980 Graphics Card Edge View

Figure 4 shows the clearance between the ASUS STRIX GTX 980 graphics card and the Phanteks CPU cooler. It a close but they don’t touch.

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Figure 4 Clearance between the ASUS STRIX GTX 980 Graphics Card and CPU Cooler

Figure 5 shows the installation video of the ASUS STRIX GTX 980 graphics card.


Figure 5 ASUS STRIX GTX 980 Graphics Card Installation Video

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